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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:20 PM Sep 2013

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Obama on Syria: "We need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards"

Oh, crap, no that was about torture during the Bush administration....

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Obama on Syria: "We need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards" (Original Post) grahamhgreen Sep 2013 OP

Haha. ForgoTheConsequence Sep 2013 #1

American Exceptionalism means never having to see your own hypocrisy. LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #2

Its a Disease warrant46 Sep 2013 #3

Yeah, like why not just look forward, and forget about whatever happened last week with Assad? grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #4

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,867 posts)

1. Haha.

Reply to grahamhgreen (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:22 PM

Sep 2013

Ironically during the speech Kerry just gave on Syria he touched on the need to hold state leaders responsible for war crimes.

LuvNewcastle

(16,835 posts)

2. American Exceptionalism means never having to see your own hypocrisy.

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:25 PM

Sep 2013

warrant46

(2,205 posts)

3. Its a Disease

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:27 PM

Sep 2013

It affects many in power

grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts)

4. Yeah, like why not just look forward, and forget about whatever happened last week with Assad?

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 04:03 PM

Sep 2013

The inconsistency is obviously done as a matter of convenience to support whatever agenda the MIC has in place.

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